XHXZ-FM is a regional
Mexican
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radio station
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Apizaco
Apizaco is a city in Apizaco Municipality located near the geographic center of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, approximately 25 minutes by car from the state's capital city of Tlaxcala. The city gets its name from the Nahuatl language words "ā ...
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Tlaxcala
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Mexico
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History
XHXZ came to air on December 17, 1980, becoming the first FM station in the state of Tlaxcala and just the third broadcasting station in the entire state. Alfonso Macias Galáviz, who had a hand in founding the other two —
XEHT-AM
XHHT-FM is a radio station in Huamantla, Tlaxcala
Huamantla () is a small city in Huamantla Municipality located in the eastern half of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. The area has a long indigenous history, but the city itself was not founded unt ...
and
XETT-AM
XETT-AM is a radio station on 1430 AM in Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcala, Mexico, owned by the government of the state of Tlaxcala through concessionaire Voz e Imagen de Tlaxcala, S.A. de C.V.
It is part of CORACYT, the radio and television organization ...
— had been seeking a station for the town since 1977 and finally brought it to air. In April 1981, XHXZ received its concession and was formally opened by Governor Tulio Hernández Gómez. The original concessionaire was Ruben Contreras Santiago, who transferred control to a corporation in 1988.
References
Regional Mexican radio stations
Radio stations in Tlaxcala
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